St.

Johns Lutheran Church ELCA

1300 W. Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 371-1985
stjohn@cableone.net
www.stjohnsnorfolk.com

Our Mission: Loving God . . . Loving People . . . Reaching Out!

PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS:
Eunice Mohl
Bev Olesen & family as they mourn the death of Pastor Rollin Olesen
LONG TERM PRAYER CONCERNS:
Dennis & Sara Fegley
Carol Severa

Dale Tomka
Norma Hunter
Lt. Col. Darin Huss (deployed)

Names will be listed in the bulletin for 2 weeks for immediate prayers and 3 months for long
term prayers. Those who wish names to remain on the list longer should contact the church
office @ 402-371-1985. If you know someone who is in need of prayer but whose name is not
listed, it may be that they have asked not to be included in the printed bulletin. Please
remember them in your personal prayers.

Flowers on the altar this first weekend of October are sponsored by Tom & Midge
Hedrick in celebration of their wedding anniversary; and by Scott & Brenda Carhart
in celebration of their wedding anniversary. Additional flowers are in loving
remembrance of Don & Beth Freeses anniversary from Beth Freese & family.

Sermons are now available online through St. Johns facebook @

www.facebook.com/stjohnsnorfolk
Join us for Fellowship (coffee, juice and rolls) following the 8:30 AM worship
service in our Fellowship Hall. If youve never had Delight Donuts, youll want to
stop by. If you have had them, youll want to join us for coffee each week!

Walk & Talk around Skyview Lake on Saturday mornings has ended for
the season. Well see you in the spring!
Dr. David E. Cox Interim Senior Pastor
Justin Wiese Assistant Pastor, NeLCM-Norfolk Campus Pastor
Jacquie Samway PMA, Coordinator of Congregational Care
Jolene Ziebell Coordinator of Youth Ministries
Gail Ermels Office Manager
Jim Carter Custodian/Grounds Keeper
Midge Hedrick Office Assistant

SUNDAY, OCT 2
8:30 am ....................................................... Worship
9:45 am .................................................... Fellowship
9:15 am Sunday School Christmas Program Practice
Sunday School Music Room (lower level)
9:45 am .............................. Life of Christ Bible Study
Hoppe Community Room (lower level)
9:45 am ...................................... New Member Class
Nazareth Room
11:00 am ..................................................... Worship
MONDAY, OCT 3
10:00 am ............................................. Staff Meeting
2:00 pm ........................................ Chosen ChristCare
Carol Waggoner, 402-371-7642
6:15 pm ..................... Youth Group Parents Meeting
Bethany Room
6:30 pm .......................................... Stephen Ministry
7:00 pm ............................... Parish Fellowship Team
8:30 pm .......................................... Solid Rock
TUESDAY, OCT 4
7:00 am ................................ Mens Prayer Breakfast
12:30 pm ........... 50 Years on the Hill Planning Team
6:30 pm ..............................Lay Educational Institute
7:00 pm ....................................... Beloved ChristCare
Tracy Meister, 402-379-2484
7:00 pm .................................................... SEA Group
WEDNESDAY, OCT 5
1:30 pm .................................... Searchers ChristCare
Connie Hagstrom, 402-649-4862
2:30 pm ...................... 3rd & 4th Grade Confirmation
3:30 pm .................... SS Christmas Program Practice
Speaking parts only
5:00 pm ...................... 3rd & 4th Grade Confirmation
6:00 pm ................................................ Get Together
THURSDAY, OCT 6
7:00 pm ................................. Majesty Choir Practice
SATURDAY, OCT 8
9:00 am .................................................. Walk n Talk
Skyview Lake
5:00 pm ........................................................ Worship

SHOP FOR MINISTRY

OCT 2

8:30 am
Margie Frank
11 am
Nancy Jacobs
OCT 9 8:30 am
Carol Waggoner
11 am
Cathy Erwin

OFFERINGS
Mission Emphasis (SEPT) ......... Norfolk Food Pantry
AND Peanut Butter Pyramid
Greenfiber Funds for SEPT .................... Mercy Meals
General offering for 9/25/16 .....................$3,916.31
Dedicated Funds spent to cover
General Fund expenses .....................$20,586.67
End of AUG General Fund Deficit .......... $6,874.73
Year-to-Date General Fund Deficit ....... $25,107.87
Attendance 9/25/16 ...................... (49, 94, 114) 257

NEW MEMBERS CLASS

BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
For those who are looking to join St. Johns
or simply have questions about
membership, this class will be for you!
There will be a series of 3 classes: Oct. 2,
9, and 16, in the Nazareth Room from
9:45-10:45 am each Sunday. Bring a roll
& coffee and your questions to the
Nazareth Room (north hallway upstairs,
last room on the left).
See you @ 9:45 AM!

FREE CONCERT
Tangled Blue, an indi-folk duo, will be in
concert sharing their music and faith on
Saturday, Oct. 8 @ 7 PM at Zion Lutheran
Church, 319 S. 5th St., Albion. The concert
is free, open to the public, and will receive a
free-will offering to benefit Lutheran World
Relief hunger programming. For more
information, see their poster in the west
hallway.

We will be ordering
additional yellow
T-shirts with Gods
Work. Our Hands logo
and St. Johns
personalization on the
back. If you would like
to place an order,
please contact the church office @ 402-3711985 or email Gail @ gailer@cableone.net.
Deadline to order is Friday, October 7.

St. Johns Text Notifications

by Remind.com
Text any of the following keywords to 81010
to get signed up for text notifications about
the following topics:
@stjohnnews News/Announcements
@stjohnsss Sunday School
@stjohnconf Confirmation
@stjohnuth Youth Group
@chainpray Prayer Chain

Do you have a
favorite hymn
or 3?
As part of an effort
to help our Pastors
choose music we all
love for worship
services, please
note your 3 favorite
hymns on the back
side of todays Registration Slip.
We will try to get to every request, so look
up and list your favorites today!

We will be forming a
group to study the
layout (liturgy and
music) of the
Contemporary Worship
Service. What would
you like to see the
Contemporary Worship
look like? This small
group will be limited to
5 members, so if you are interested in this shortterm study, please sign up on todays
Registration Slip. We will contact you when a
date and time is set for the first meeting.

UPCOMING
CHANGES TO PRAYER LIST
We are changing the way we do our prayer list
at St. Johns. This weekend you will notice two
prayer lists. If you had someone on the prayer
list, you must submit their name again for it to
remain there.
1. To place anyone on the prayer list you
can write them on the registration slip or
e-mail St. Johns at midgehe@cableone.net.
2. There will be two lists. The first list is
Prayer Concerns & Joys. When you place a
name on this list, it will be listed for two
weeks unless you request up to 4 weeks.
The second list is Long Term Prayer
Concerns in which names will be left on for
3 months. If you want names on longer or
taken off the list, please contact the office
and ask for Midge.
3. Please get the permission of any person
before you place their name on the
prayer list.

The Get Together team invites everyone to attend

our Fall Kick Off Event on Wednesday, Oct. 5 from
6-7:30 pm. Supper will be served at 6 PM, then on
to a pumpkin decorating contest! Each household
will receive one large pumpkin to decorate and enter
into the contest. Limited supplies will be provided,
and you're encouraged to bring your own supplies to
decorate your pumpkin. Grand prize to be awarded
to the winning pumpkin. No carving allowed.
Back by popular demand, pumpkin bowling will
be available on the lawn, and we'll end the evening
with a campfire and music. We hope to see you
there!

St. Johns first

worship service
at our current
location was
held on Sunday,
December 11,
1966. Fifty
years later, we
will celebrate
with a special
worship service
at 10 AM and
showcase a Celebration of Wreaths made by
YOU, the individuals and households of St.
Johns. Start thinking and assembling now
how would you be represented? Wreaths will
be displayed all of advent throughout St. Johns.
Contact Pr. Justin or Carol Waggoner for more
information.

THANKS SO MUCH to the crew who repaired

damage, caulked cracks, primed and painted the
north side of the building: Denny Braesch, Mike
Frank, Del Fuelberth, Peg Strong, Ron Benson,
Duane Timperley, and Brian Brasch and to Lon
Timperley for the use of the lift truck. All your
hard work is GREATLY appreciated!

~
Gods Work was going on at the Norfolk Food
Pantry in September. Volunteers of St. Johns
family with caring hearts, time, talents, food,
money and prayers gave our hands to pack
groceries for about 200 households. THANK YOU
to everyone for your dedicated services. You are
appreciated by many people!
Shirley Frowick
Food Pantry Coordinator
(And St. Johns special thanks to Shirley for her
many hours organizing, calling volunteers,
gathering groceries and shopping for perishables
for the pantry. St. Johns volunteers rock!)

We will be updating our military wall

which is located off the Narthex to the
east. If you have loved ones currently
serving in the military, please send a
photo to the church office so that we
may include them in our thoughts and
prayers. Email your photos to
midgehe@cableone.net.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERS/USHERS Brian & Shellie Raabe
READER Shirley Hughes

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
5 PM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS/USHERS Brian & Shellie Raabe
READER Pat Monson

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERS Dick & Barb Adams, Claribel Wulf
USHERS Dennis & Lois Braesch, Phil Sykes
READER Tom Hedrick
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Roger & Lisa
Echtenkamp
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Duane & Barb
Timperley, Sherri Kuk, Diane Sobotka
POWERPOINT Midge Hedrick

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
8:30 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERS Richard & Leona Pfeifer,
Wendell & Ethelyn Fossum
USHERS Mark Polenske, Mike Frank, Mike Kai
READER Richard Pfeifer
FELLOWSHIP HOUR Rollie & Linda Downs
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Rollie & Linda
Downs, Rick & Diane Uhlir
POWERPOINT Janet Erickson

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
MARLA MUEHLMEIER
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
CONNIE HAGSTROM
GREETERSMartha Thompson, Michelle
Dagerman
USHERS Kevin Bonderson, Don Meister
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Beth Bonderson,
Janet Erickson, Tracy Meister, Kristy Booras
POWERPOINT Carhart Family

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
11 AM
COUNCIL PERSON OF THE WEEK
DIANE SOBOTKA
WORSHIP ASSISTANT
JIM CARTER
GREETERSKen Wragge, Terry Hall
USHERS Dennis & Brenda Smith, Echtenkamp
Family
COMMUNION ASSISTANTS Ken Wragge, Terry
Hall, Carol Timperley, __________
POWERPOINT Claire Thompson
LECTIONARY READINGS:
2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
Psalm 111
2 Timothy 2:8-15
Luke 17:11-19

LECTIONARY READINGS:
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
Psalm 37:1-9
1 Timothy 1:1-14
Luke 17:5-10